Uzbek law-enforcement agencies carried out a series of special operations against narcotics illegally brought in from Tajikistan.[1] In Kokand, State Security Service officers together with customs and internal-affairs colleagues searched the home of a local resident born in 1984 who was suspected of drug trafficking.[1] In the kitchen of that house, officers found and seized 4.572 kg of opium and 1.058 kg of hashish.[1] Officers also seized 9.98 kg of opium previously hidden in Dangara district after Tajik dealers sent its geolocation via WhatsApp.[1]
A Kokand resident born in 1969 had organized a drug laboratory at home, where officers seized another 7.226 kg of opium.[1] In another Kokand episode, officers stopped a Lacetti and found 5.022 kg of opium said to have been bought for $34,000.[1] The suspected local seller and his accomplice, a Tajik citizen, were detained, and officers seized another 2.362 kg of opium at the Tajik citizen’s house in Uzbekistan district.[1] Officers seized 2.362 kg of opium in the house of the Tajik citizen in Uzbekistan district.[1] At a Nexia check in Kokand, officers found 982 g of hashish in the bag of a passenger born in 1992, taken from a cache previously set up by Tajik couriers.[1]
In Fergana, a man born in 2000 was detained while attempting to sell 989 g of hashish smuggled from Tajikistan.[1] Criminal cases were opened over all the episodes, the suspects were placed in custody, and investigative actions are continuing.[1] NOVA24.UZ, citing the SSS press service, reported that the operations intercepted a total of 32 kg of narcotics from Tajikistan.[2]
